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Sage Elementary

903 Summit Drive, Rock Springs, WY 82901 · (307) 352-3270 · Sweetwater County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL352 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 24% of Wyoming public elementary schools
  • CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wyoming public elementary schools

Enrollment
352
Elementary
DISTRICT 194 · STATE 216
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 10.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
163 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 47%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten8524%
Grade 18424%
Grade 29026%
Grade 39326%
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 41% · US 70%
White
24670%
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 75% · US 43%
Hispanic
9126%
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 16% · US 30%
Asian
51%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 6%
Two+
82%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Pacific Islander
21%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
18653%
Female
16647%

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Test scores

WY-TOPP 2024-25 . % Proficient + Advanced
English Language Arts
43.6%
WY avg 56.0%
Math
55.8%
WY avg 51.3%

What this means: On the WY-TOPP, Wyoming's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wyoming schools, those numbers are about 56 and 51.

Source: WY-TOPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.7%
based on WY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for Wyoming schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wyoming's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like Sage Elementary

Sage Elementary's state test result (49.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Sage Elementary this school35246.3%49.7%
Stagecoach Elementary
Rock Springs
39450.5%64.6%
Aspen Elementary
Evanston
28749.8%59.3%
Stocktrail Elementary
Gillette
55441.3%59.1%
Bar Nunn Elementary
Casper
22748.0%49.9%
Uinta Meadows Elementary
Evanston
40854.7%53.6%
Matched among Wyoming elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where Sage Elementary ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn WyomingIn Sweetwater County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
49.7%#87 of 116#7 of 9
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
55.8%#73 of 121#5 of 9
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
43.6%#99 of 121#8 of 9
Enrollment
ranked largest first
352#23 of 187#2 of 13
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
12.7:1#82 of 109#5 of 6
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
44.4%#30 of 109#2 of 6
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
46.3%#78 of 139#6 of 9
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+17.7%#8 of 24N/A
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
352
+92 (+35%) vs 2020
-8% since 2010-11, when it was 384
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 11.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2535227.612.7:146% (163)
2023-2436327.713.1:141% (149)
2022-2338432.611.8:138% (144)
2020-212602311.3:123% (61)
2017-1829922.613.2:121% (63)
2015-163242911.2:127% (86)
2010-11384N/AN/A38% (147)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sage Elementary.

Since 2017-18: students up 18% (299 to 352); teachers up 22% (22.6 to 27.6).

About Sage Elementary

Sage Elementary is an elementary school located in Rock Springs, Wyoming, in Sweetwater County. The school counted 352 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 3. That puts enrollment 63% larger than the 216-student average for elementary schools in Wyoming.

Sage Elementary sits within Sweetwater County School District #1, which has 15 schools and 4,789 students.

About 70% of the student body at Sage Elementary is White. Other students are 26% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. By comparison, Sweetwater County residents are about 81% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 44, compared with 70 nationally.

Its staff includes 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 12.7 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Wyoming, the average ratio is 10.6:1. Sage Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 46%. Public schools in Sweetwater County average a similar 44%.

Sage Elementary holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 24% of Wyoming public elementary schools.

The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 49.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 53.7%.

For Sweetwater County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $75,034 a year, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Sage Elementary, Sweetwater County has 26 public schools.

The closest school to Sage Elementary is Pilot Butte Elementary, located less than a tenth of a mile away. Sage Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 48.2% on proficiency, and Sage Elementary is above that at 49.7%.

Sage Elementary is coded as Town: Remote in federal locale data.

From 260 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 352 by 2024-25. The school's ratio increased from 11.3:1 to 12.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.

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Sweetwater County at a glance

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Population
41,542
Census ACS
Median income
$75,034
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
7,075 students

Quick facts

School name
Sage Elementary
District
Sweetwater County School District #1
Address
903 Summit Drive, Rock Springs, WY 82901
Phone
(307) 352-3270
County
Sweetwater County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–03
Total enrollment
352
Teachers (FTE)
28
Student–teacher ratio
12.7:1
Free and reduced lunch
163 (46%)
Locale
33-Town: Remote
NCES ID
560530200427
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

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Other Sage Elementary schools

2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Sage Elementary. Sage Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 3.

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Frequently asked questions

About Sage Elementary
How many students attend Sage Elementary?
Sage Elementary enrolls approximately 352 students in grades KG-03.
What grades does Sage Elementary serve?
Sage Elementary serves grades KG-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sage Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sage Elementary is approximately 12.7:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sage Elementary?
At Sage Elementary, the student body is approximately 70% White, 26% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Sage Elementary public or private?
Sage Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sweetwater County School District #1.
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